iPhone X iPhone X users, are you sold on AMOLED?

[Tommy c]

One thing to remember is that if True Tone is on and you happen to move side to side, it will look as if True Tone is not on, hence looking blue.

But again, who is using the phone with it tilted at 25 degrees from thier face? You would never even see this problem.

 

[BvizioN]

Having used many OLED phones before (including Galaxy S8) for me the X does have the best display of them all. Display does not need to be over saturated to look good.
Now bring it to iPad please.

 

[nia820]

after all the hype over OLED screen for the iphone, i can barely tell the difference between the OLED on iphone x vs the old retina LCD iphone displays

quite underwhelming imo

That's because Apple put a LITE version of OLED on iPhone x. OLED displays are so pretty to look at and the blacks are completely black.

Apple somehow managed to make an OLED look like a LCD which is a bad thing.

What's the point of slapping an OLED on a phone if you're just going to make it look like an OLED.

 

[CharlesShaw]

and sorry to say...The Note 8's screen blows the iPhone X away!

Haha, nobody believes you’re sorry to say that. You love saying it. You want to marry saying it and have its babies.

 

[DNichter]

I like OLED better than LCD. Colors, blacks, contrast, everything seems much better than my 7 Plus. I don't mind the slight blue shift off axis as I don't use my phone that way. It's the best phone screen I have seen and I am sure they will continue to perfect the technology until micro-LED is ready.
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yet how come so many people here say - meh? i believe most people should notice your points, no?

Most people don't care to come to forums to complain. Most just use their phone and enjoy it.

 

[Eggtastic]

Having used many OLED phones before (including Galaxy S8) for me the X does have the best display of them all. Display does not need to be over saturated to look good.
Now bring it to iPad please.

Did you get rid of your s8? I am deciding between the s8 and the X. Price wise, s8 makes more sense, but refinement of apple may be worth the price.

 

[le_cagou]

One thing to remember is that if True Tone is on and you happen to move side to side, it will look as if True Tone is not on, hence looking blue.

But again, who is using the phone with it tilted at 25 degrees from thier face? You would never even see this problem.

maybe you need 25 degrees to enjoy the full blue experience, true. and as you say, that's not how people usually use an iphone. my problem is that slight but clearly visible change between yellowish and whiteish even at the slightest movement of the phone. looking straight at the screen: yellow. 1 degree movement: turning more whiteish. 2 degrees: even more whiteish. like a really bad lcd screen from a low end anroid phone. as an iphone user for 9 years, that's a huge step down from the quality that I'm used to.

 

[UnifiedMelody]

Their OLED is more concerned with getting accurate colours. Whilst Samsung's OLED tends to ramp up the contrast to get that "WOW" look, Apple is freaking concerned with ideal color reproduction.

I paired my friends iPhone 7 next to mine iPhone X. The iPhone X had freaking amazing color reproduction, the 7 seemed a bit washed out. maybe because i had true tone on which gives the X more pop

I paired my mother's iPhone 8 next to mine iPhone X. To me both colors are freaking similar that they look eerily similar to some extent. But I understand why Apple went for accurate color reproduction instead of overblown vibrancy/contrast/saturation like samsung's actual oled in thier flagships. They want people to have a consistent experience, where Samsung has much room to tweak and boot.

Which is why the OLED looks almost the same as the 8/8 Plus side by side. The only differences are most likely going to be (1) the deep blacks are true black, LCD will exhibit some greying to some extent due to the backlight. (2) maybe (?) WHITES? i don't know. but the blacks are usually the differentiator that sets OLED best over LCD => higher contrast ratio
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Did you get rid of your s8? I am deciding between the s8 and the X. Price wise, s8 makes more sense, but refinement of apple may be worth the price.

I have used my friend's S8 for a week and it's snappy and quite close to iPhone's OS altho not extensively fluid like iOS normally is, but is getting better. Unless you're sunk in the ecosystem I think both phones will work fine pick your priorities. The X may be steep in price for some which I'll be honest, but I hope if you do choose the X, at least use it for a long time [3-5 years or so], then at least the price might be worthwhile if you can stretch it that far.
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maybe you need 25 degrees to enjoy the full blue experience, true. and as you say, that's not how people usually use an iphone. my problem is that slight but clearly visible change between yellowish and whiteish even at the slightest movement of the phone. looking straight at the screen: yellow. 1 degree movement: turning more whiteish. 2 degrees: even more whiteish. like a really bad lcd screen from a low end anroid phone. as an iphone user for 9 years, that's a huge step down from the quality that I'm used to.

I think that situation is way too overblown with the blue hues... It's perfectly fine characteristic of OLED display.
If want exact color accuracy without much color shift, you need IPS LCD => iPhone 8/8+ since those have a wider viewing angle without much shift.

The shift in color might be due to the pentile matrix of the OLED display characteristic.

 

[BvizioN]

Did you get rid of your s8? I am deciding between the s8 and the X. Price wise, s8 makes more sense, but refinement of apple may be worth the price.

No, not yet. It's lovely device but for me X is even better. Not to mention that iOS rules for me. Reason I went with S8 was larger/better display and smaller form factor (something iPhone's lacked before)

 

[profmjh]

Coming from a 7 Plus, I think the X display is a big step up. It looks clean, crisp, nicely balanced, perfect blacks, terrific contrast, HDR movies and photos look fantastic, and the image is right under the top glass. The higher touch response time really pays off with gesture animations. So buttery smooth.

It’s a winner for sure.

Until I read this post, I was wondering if I’d been sent a different phone to everyone else. All the previous posts had been “meh” about the X’s screen.

I think it’s phenomenal. Hugely better than the 7+. Every time I look at it I’m blown away by how great it is. Stunning.

 

[zone23]

Like most Tech your going to have to try it for yourself and make your own judgement. If you want my opinion even though I'm just someone on the internet, I think its great. If you go and read reviews its one of if not the best display on any smartphone currently available despite what people in this thread "think".

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/06/displaymate-iphone-x-display/

 

[bigjnyc]

I like OLED. But I'm not impressed with iphone x OLED display. It still looks like a LCD to me.

This! I thought I was the only one. When I pick up a Samsung galaxy with OLED I really noticed the difference and am blown away by the screen..... the iPhone X is pretty underwhelming, I can't tell the difference between the X and the iPhone Plus LCD display...

 

[Tibits]

I'm only a few days in, but I am generally underwhelmed by the display on my X. Perhaps I haven't gotten used to the display but the color shifting is bad under some conditions. I also have been toggling true tone on and off. The display isn't bad by any sense, just not a wow feature. Side by side I slightly prefer my wife's 8, though that is what I am used too.

However there is one major exception to these comments. The X OLED display is incredible under bright light conditions outdoors. It is night and day to my old 7s display which was unusable. Even i direct bright light while wearing polarized sunglasses, I can read the X flawlessly. This is causing me to give the display a chance and I find talk of going back to an 8 ridiculous.

 

[dk001]

I think in order to make a fair assessment about LCD and OLED, both phones should be used in comparison side-by-side, which you can see the differences. The one advantage with OLED is it has truer blacks with the pixels being turned off. And to me, that makes a huge difference with the viewing experience. The more you use all OLED, the more apparent to me the colors are much more realistic.

This! I thought I was the only one. When I pick up a Samsung galaxy with OLED I really noticed the difference and am blown away by the screen..... the iPhone X is pretty underwhelming, I can't tell the difference between the X and the iPhone Plus LCD display...

Good suggestion. I did not buy an "X". I looked at it in the Apple Store and compared it to my current 7+ and room-mates Galaxy S8 (in Basic color mode) side by side. I was seriously disappointed with the "X" in both viewing angle and color. After the hype, I was disappointed.

Reading this thread to see if there noted what I had.

Note: Not to buy the "X" was the result of a number of items, not just the screen type.

 

[predation]

Not the reason I got the X. It's not a huge improvement other than the contrast to me personally. The LCD had better viewing angles. Again, except for the blacks, if I didn't have them side by side, I probably wouldn't notice most of the time. I need color accuracy 1% of the time on my phone. The rest of the time is reading and productivity, and other than ppi, I don't take advantage of any improvements that may exist.

IMO inky blacks isn’t a good trade-off for color shifting.

But that’s just me.

 

[Wolfpup]

I think the same as always. OLED's okay, but no better than a quality LCD, and being OLED doesn't automagically mean it'll be better than any LCD, as they're just not.

AND they draw more power AND they wear out, so I prefer LCD. That said I may buy an X despite the screen. Not crazy about the aspect ratio either, as it's "5.8"" only that's with the notch, AND with a non-standard aspect ratio, so not sure how much good that real estate does you in TV shows and games...I'd like to know what the ACTUAL screen size is minus the notch, and adjusting for the aspect ratio. I'm not sure it's actually as large as the 8 plus is, though the phone itself isn't much bigger than an 8, and I assume the screen is hopefully as large as an 8's, if not a bit larger.

I wonder the same thing with the Pixel 2 versus Pixel 2 XL...in that case it's $200 more, and while the screen is supposedly an inch bigger, the different aspect ratio means I'm not actually sure it's any bigger at all, on anything I'd care about.

The X though I'd want for it's FaceID and (hopefully) slightly larger screen versus the regular 8.

 

[Djentleman]

IMO inky blacks isn’t a good trade-off for color shifting.

But that’s just me.

I get minimal colour shifting when I’m tilting my phone to an obscene angle. I think that’s a decent trade off for richer and more accurate colours.

 

[Wolfpup]

I get minimal colour shifting when I’m tilting my phone to an obscene angle. I think that’s a decent trade off for richer and more accurate colours.

the tech doesn't allow for richer or more accurate colors. I mean an individual OLED panel CAN have richer or more accurate colors than an individual LCD panel, but that's not universally true. I'd assume in this case it might be given the X supports HDR though (and they use lame IPS panels on phones).

 

[The Game 161]

Yes love it

Destroys the LCD display to me.

 

[Steve686]

Does anyone think it may be the quality of the glass covering the screen that isn’t showing the full potential of the AMOLED screen? When I look at the phone in sunlight when the screen is off, it seems ever so slightly duller than than my previous iPhones. Don’t know if anyone else has that perception.

 

[markp-a]

If I turn True Tone off in the settings it looks more similar to my 6s LED display, More blue tones. With True Tone on it seems to be easier on the eyes.

 

[Sean76]

Did you get rid of your s8? I am deciding between the s8 and the X. Price wise, s8 makes more sense, but refinement of apple may be worth the price.

I have both.

As a daily driver if it's your only device, and this again goes into iOS vs Android. I'd say I would take the iPhone X! But there's so many things that go into that decision. Depends on what platform your invested in, and what will work best for you.

For me I'd give up my android phone if it was a matter of which one, which luckily I don't have to make that decision.

But even with all the BS that surrounds the iPhone X, and it's short list of limitations it's still a superb phone in so many ways and many will argue it's apples best iphone yet...I'd recommend it to anyone in the market for a new smart phone.

 

[predation]

I get minimal colour shifting when I’m tilting my phone to an obscene angle. I think that’s a decent trade off for richer and more accurate colours.

thats great you won on the panel lottery.

most of us have nasty color shift even at the slightest angle.

for a phone thats $1200, i'd expect a tip top hardware.

first impressions are always critical.

most if not all my friends who got x's are returning them.

 

[redman042]

Until I read this post, I was wondering if I’d been sent a different phone to everyone else. All the previous posts had been “meh” about the X’s screen.

I think it’s phenomenal. Hugely better than the 7+. Every time I look at it I’m blown away by how great it is. Stunning.

I admit my initial reaction on Day 1 was that it was a nice improvement but didn’t pop as much as I expected. That changed after I spent some time using it and trying different things. Now I’m awed by it.

Here’s why. Apple’s OLED is just as capable, if not more, than the one in the S8. But Apple chose not to change the UI color scheme at all. They color balanced the display to emphasize accuracy. And then they added TrueTone to match the white balance of the environment. All this is aimed achieving the opposite of “pop”. They went for “natural”, to make it easy to read on.

But pull up certain kinds of content, and you’ll quickly see how different this display is from LCD.

Find an image with bright colors against blacks and make it your home screen background. I like shots of Earth from the ISS, or the recent Jupiter photos, or a portrait of a family member shot on the X with studio lighting effect on.

If you came from an iPhone 7 Series, pull up some of your best photos shot in Wide Color. Crank up the brightness on your display. The images will look amazing.

Finally, play some iTunes HDR movies. The Martian is my favorite. It will look stunning.

Personally, I’d be more disappointed if Apple moved away from natural color balance. They should keep doing what they are doing. It’s best in the long run.

 

[thesaint024]

IMO inky blacks isn’t a good trade-off for color shifting.

But that’s just me.

Cool. Isn't it great that we have a choice of several great phones? This prioritization of the aspects of the screens puzzles me, but it makes it clear that we're using these phones for different reasons. I did not buy the X for the OLED hype, but I paid an extra $130 for it apparently. Screen to size ratio made this an easy choice for me.